Friday April 16 & Saturday April 17, 2021

The Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Undergraduate Edition is open to all post-secondary schools in Manitoba and students can apply individually or as a team.

This competition is an excellent opportunity to bridge classroom learning to real life experience as students pitch their ideas in front of judges and gain valuable feedback.  

All competition events will be hosted in a virtual format. Events include Elevator Pitch and Business Plan Presentation.

Along with gaining practice pitching and quality feedback, this competition offers over $15,000 in prize money to be won!

PRIZE AWARDS 

Business Plan Competition

1st Place: $10,000
2nd Place: $5,000
3rd Place: $2,500

Elevator Pitch Competition

1st Place: $1,000
2nd Place: $750
3rd Place: $500

*All prizes are in Canadian dollars*

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline to apply: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 (11:59 PM CST)

Teams advised of acceptance: Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Elevator Pitch videos due: Monday, March 29, 2021 (11:59 PM CST)

Business plans due: Friday, April 9, 2021 (11:59 PM CST)

QUESTIONS?

Contact Program Coordinator
Lindsay Friesen
lindsay.friesen@umanitoba.ca

APPLICATION FORM

To submit your application and executive summary click HERE